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Music review:

Romantic period (1820-1910)


—Romantic Period is described as a cultural movement that stressed emotion,
imagination, individualism, and freedom of expression.

-Ludwig Van Beethoven Bridged the music from classical to romantic era by
expessing his passion and emotions through his music

-Nationalism was also incorporated in the music of the Romantic Period.

-Most of the musical compositions of the era portray literature, history, emotions,
and nature.

-Piano music of the Romantic Period is in free form such as fantasy, rhapsody,
ballade, and nocturne.

-Program music was expressed in tone poems such as Symphony fantastique.

Violin and string music:


Niccolo Paganini
-Born in October 27, 1728 in Genoa, italy in a family of six children.

-His musical skills started with playing the mandolin at age of five. He transferred
his training in violin at the age of 7 with different violin professors in italy.

-Paganini became the most famous violin virtuoso in the world.


-Paganini has a rumour about his amazing violin skills that was said to be a gift
from the devil and that he sold his soul in exchange for those skill, and also he
was rumoured to have a problem with women and gambling.
His works:
-"La Campanella"
-"24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1"
-Concerto no. 1 in Eb, Op. 6"
-15 Quartets for Guitar and Strings Trio"
-"The Carnival of Venice"

Piano Music:
-piano music of the romantic period was filled with innovations.
-Today, some piano compositions from the romantic period have been adapted
into songs.

1. Frederic Chopin
Frederic Chopin was known as the "Poet of the Piano," He was born on March
1,1810 in Zelazowa, Poland.

- Frederic Chopin began to play piano at age 4.

-He studied piano at Warsaw Conservatory under Wilhelm Wurfel and most of his
music was influence by folk music.

-In the later part of Chopin he was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis.
-Chopin died on October 17, 1849, in Paris.

Chopin is famous for the following:


- Ballade - a verse form or narrative that is set to music.

-Etude - a piece composed for the development of a specific technique.

- Mazurka - a Polish dance in triple time signature

- Nocturne - an instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy, mood, for the


piano.

- Polonaise - a slow polish dabce in triple time that consist march or procession

- prelude - a short piece of music that can be used as preface, and introduction to
another work or may stand on its own.

- Waltz - a German dance in triple meter

- Impromptu - a short free-form musical compositions usually for a solo


instrument, like the piano

- Scherzo - a musical movement of playful character, typically in ABA form


- Sonata - compositions for one or more solo instruments usually consisting of
three or four independent movements varying in key, mood, and tempo

2. Franz liszt (born in Doborjan, Hungary)

- The best word that describe the works of Franz liszt is "virtousity." He was known
as the virtuoso pianist, a composer and the busiest musician during the Romantic
Era.

- His father was his first teacher at age six.

- He was also known with his generosity in sharing time and money to the
orphans, victim of a disaster, and the many students he taught music for free.

-He was known for his symphonic poems where he translated great literary works
into musical compositions.

Some of Liszt's Piano Works:


- "La Campanella"
- "Liebestraume no. 3"
- Un Sospiro
- Sonata in B minor
- Arrangement of the 9 Beethoven Symphonies
- Transcription of Lieder by Schubert

Orchestral Composition
- Symphonic Poems("Hamlet", "Les Perludes")

3. Robert Schumann (Born in 1810 in Zwickau)


One of the famous Romantic composer that beautifully combined music and
words is Robert Schumann. He was a composer and music critic.
His father want him to study law so in 1821, Schumann went to Leipzig to study
law.
He soon developed with a problem in his hands effectively ending his dreams as a
pianist.
Piano Works:
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